View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WFTS Ousts News Director and Assistant News Director By Kevin Eck on Oct. 16, 2014 - 8:09 PM Both the news director and assistant news director Tampa ABC affiliate WFTS have been let go. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports, GM Nick Nicholson told staff in an email that news director Bill McFarland and assistant news ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Bill McFarland Named News Director at WFTS By Merrill Knox on Sep. 5, 2012 - 2:19 PM Bill McFarland is stepping into the role of news director at WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa Bay. McFarland comes from WABC, the ABC O&O in New York City, where he is the assistant news director. He replaces Doug Culver, who ...